Anisah Osman Britton MBE on identity, purpose and starting again – Founder Fails (S1E3)

Welcome to the Small Business Sessions: Founder Fails podcast, brought to you by Enterprise Nation, in collaboration with Hiscox.

In this series, we're sitting down with bold business voices to talk candidly about their biggest fails, unexpected lessons and the power of getting back up.

Expect honest conversations, tales of resilience and real talk from founders who turned mistakes into movement.

In episode three, we're joined by Anisah Osman Britton, an award-winning tech entrepreneur, writer and business founder who received an MBE for services to diversity in technology.

Anisah talks about her journey into tech, founding 23 Code Street, navigating start-up culture, representation and the pressures of being a purpose-driven entrepreneur.

Topics discussed in the episode

• How Anisah entered the tech world and what she learned in the early days of start-up life

• Why she founded 23 Code Street to get more women – especially women of colour – into technical roles and decision-making spaces

• Navigating identity beyond your first venture and learning to reinvent yourself

• The toll of purpose-driven entrepreneurship on health, including stress-related illness and recovery

• What needs to change in the ecosystem to normalise failure for women founders

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